| MOST of the people (especially those into bodybuilding | | | | need sugar too. Everyone needs sugar in our body. It |
| and work-outs) conscious of their health, weight and | | | | is the excessive eating of sugar and sugar based |
| figure would always say no to sugar. | | | | products that is bad for our health and tends to ruin |
| To people into bodybuilding, sugar is simply | | | | what we have been hardly working for --- a beautifully |
| carbohydrates that tend to ruin what they have long | | | | molded body, plus the fitness of course. Excessive |
| been hardly working for. Weight gain, obesity and | | | | sugar in our bloodstream is what makes it unhealthy. |
| deformation of one's body shape are among their | | | | Picking the right sugar stuff |
| apprehensions. | | | | There is actually a long list of sugar variation. In the list |
| There are truths and half truths in these apprehensions. | | | | are some, which actually contributes less to weight |
| Sugar what? | | | | gain. These are the types of sugar that bodybuilders |
| Sugar is defined as a crystalline or granulated | | | | are taking. |
| substance that produces sweet flavor when mixed | | | | Bodybuilders are dissuaded from taking |
| with food and drinks. Its physical attribute is white and | | | | Monosaccharide and Disaccharide. These are two of |
| sparkling at that. | | | | the three general sugar forms that tend to trigger fast |
| Scientifically though, sugar is a substance containing | | | | digestion resulting in quick weight gain. Dieticians claim |
| sucrose, lactose and fructose. It is basically | | | | that these two sugar forms actually trigger insulin spike |
| carbohydrates. Sugar is a processed product from | | | | resulting from quick digestion. |
| sugarcane. Most candy and chocolate products | | | | Instead, bodybuilders are recommended to take |
| contain sugar. So are sodas and juices. There is | | | | Polysaccharide. Polysaccharide is made up of |
| actually a long list of food and beverage products | | | | multi-molecular structure that tends to slow down |
| using sugar as their ingredient. | | | | digestion. It also tastes less sweet. Moreover, this |
| On the health aspect, sugar gets all the blame for | | | | particular sugar form is considered as "very ideal", |
| diabetes, obesity, toothache among many other things | | | | aside from being a very healthy carbohydrates source. |
| that make people uncomfortable --- and that includes | | | | Avoiding sugar, according to dieticians, is not healthy at |
| ruining one's weight watch and deformation of body. | | | | all. On the contrary, it is not very healthy as many |
| Truths and half truths | | | | bodybuilders are made to believe. It is a wrong |
| Sugar causes diabetes. The sweeping statement is | | | | impression that has to be rectified. Bodybuilders, just |
| half true. The truth is that excessive intake of sugar | | | | like anyone, need sugar. In fact, bodybuilders need |
| causes diabetes. The same goes for obesity, | | | | sugar if only to guarantee that depleted energies are |
| toothache among other discomforts that we have. | | | | replenished. |
| Among those with high apprehension on use intake are | | | | Cutting down a bodybuilder's intake of meat, rice, |
| the bodybuilders, themselves. In fact, sugar (to | | | | bread, chicken, milk, chocolate or any other food stuffs |
| bodybuilding people) spells doom in their work-outs. | | | | balances work-out and diet. But saying no to sugar is |
| They consider sugar as largely contributing to weight | | | | improper, says dieticians, who have been having a |
| gain, which causes them to lose track of their ideal or | | | | hard time rectifying what they claimed as a wrong |
| preferred weight. | | | | impression on sugar. |
| The truth is that these bodybuilding people actually | | | | |